St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-05

to values, and most of the millers are askinp
about &c more The demand at old figures
is good and if millers would accept the same
there th,s ~, would be quick sales. Buyers do moi
take kindly to rise, while on the other hand
local millers are Insisting on it. and some
have even withdrawn their offers while wait.
ing Tor further rise. 1t is now quite evi-
gent there VIII be none too much good mill
ing wheat in the Northwest, and holders of il
are likely to hold on to 1t with confidence
Patents, sacks to local dealers, 81. O5@4. 25:
patents to ship, sacks, car lots, $40l4 Is:
in barrels, $4.15@4,30; delivered at New
points, S4.65@14.S0; delivered at Philadel
phia and Baltimore, $46O04. rs; bakers,
S3.3503:6 60; supertine, $1.S5@2.4O: Red
Dog: sack, 81 45@1.55; Red Dog, bbls, SIT
0I.SO; rye flour, per cwt., $1.75. .nl
Bran and Shorts-There is more produet
Offering for both spot and future delivery,
Buyers are looking for further declines and
are holding of, excepting to the extent of
made at SS.50@9.5O for bran, with shorts
going at 50. 50@S1O.75. u
Corn sold at 3712c for good samples on
track.
ing into store; Receivers tried to get 26c for
No. white but were not cor
daily met. The ordinary range of samples
was 2312@25l2c for new
Barley-Good bright barley met a fair re-
quest at about 50055c, with some too much
stained selling at 40@50c. Offerings of
badly colored or otherwise inferior stock at
traeted no attention from buyers. w.
Flax Seed-Sales were made at 97G79Sc. r-.
Feed-Choice feed was held at S14.5O with
some not so good selling down to SD. Moth
ing doing in meal excepting in small lots.
Hay continued dull, with but little really
choice offered. 1t was hard to get better than
81 for any lot in the market, though fancy
might have brought $3.50. Some lots called
good sold at $3.50.
BULLS AND BEARS.
70. II. Archibald, one of the most prominent
millers in the state is in Minneapolis for a
few days from his home at Dundas. He feels
discouraged over weather prospects, Incl
dentally remarking he had brought some
samples of wheat in that one could ring the
wet out of as easy as not He also said there
was wheat now being stored in elevators that
would become simply rotten from its damp
condition.
The Rialto of Minneapolis is a very i'm
posing structure both inside and out. 1t
stands at the corner of Third street and
Fourth avenue on a lot 132 feet by 165 feet.
The building is q solid siX-storied structure,
ana 1t was erected at cost of $1S0,O0O; the
present valuation of the property complete,
lot and building together is $3.50, 900 In
side, the chamber of commerce is, of course,
the attraction. 1t is very handsome hall,
finished off in brown ash wood, ornamented
by three very pretty fireplaces in the
and handsome carved woodwork.
There is gallery obove for visitors, and in
the panels, about thirty feet from the floor,
are worked in gold the names of. the great
wheat markets of the world but an odd omis-
sion is the name of st. Paul, which is not seen.
The exact dimensions of the hall are 9Ox15O
feet, and its height is about sixty-five feet.
Altogether it is hall Minneapolis may be
proud of.
G: c. Sturtevant, the well known secretary
OF the chamber, is very popular with the
newspaper boys on account of his courtesy
In furnishing information necessary to them
in their arduous labors.
Peter o. Peterson is about the smallest and
busiest man to be seen on change, and like
the late Gen. Grant, he always is caught with
ing out of his pockets. This is piece of in
Simultaneous photography.
In the outer room of the secretary's office
there is first rate picture of that great At
lantlc lines, the anchor steamer City of Rome,
that attracts good deal of attention.